As I said in my previous post, my problem with SB 1 is the fact...
Everybody’s trying to explain how SB 1 bails out the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) pension...
The big issue in Springfield this week is the school funding bill, SB 1, which...
Last week I told you that I have elected to opt out of the General...
There’s an old saying that bad news comes in threes. It’s certainly true today for...
Back in December, the Northwest Herald ran a story about a proposal to make retirement...
So now we know that next year the State of Illinois will have to shell...
We’re being told that our public pension plans are underfunded by $111 billion. That’s bad...
24% of Illinois’ 2017 budget will go to fund the state’s 5 pension plans. Is...
From Bloomberg Business: Illinois will delay payments to its pension fund as a prolonged budget...
When talking about the pension problem in Illinois, everyone focuses on the $100 or so...
The head of the Chicago Teachers’ Union pension fund, Charles Burbridge, was on “Chicago Tonight”...
